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Michigan Governor Signs Bill Making Motorcycle Helmets Optional

A decades-long fight to eliminate Michigan’s helmet law roared into the victory lane on April 13 when Gov. Rick Snyder announced he signed the repeal into law. The repeal took effect immediately, making Michigan the 31st state to give adult …

Group Wants to Repeal Key Part of Mass. Health Law

Anti-abortion activists are pushing a ballot question designed to repeal a key element of Massachusetts’ landmark health care law. Massachusetts Citizens for Life President Anne Fox said the question would end the individual mandate that requires virtually everyone in the …

Federal Appeals Court Questions Virginia Challenge to Healthcare Law

A U.S. appeals court Tuesday sharply questioned whether the state of Virginia could challenge President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, which requires Americans to buy insurance in a bid to slow healthcare costs. The Obama administration is trying to save …

President Signs Repeal of Healthcare Law’s 1099 Tax Provision

President Barack Obama has signed a repeal of a 1099 tax reporting mandate for business that passed both the House and Senate with bipartisan support The 1099 reporting mandate was passed last year as part of the Patient Protection and …

House Votes to Repeal Healthcare Law’s 1099 Reporting Measure

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to rescind an unpopular business tax reporting requirement in the year-old healthcare law, but the measure could be delayed by a dispute with Senate Democrats over how to pay for it. The House …

Judge Stays Healthcare Ruling, Gives White House Appeal Deadline

A U.S. judge Thursday put on hold his ruling that President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul was unconstitutional, allowing the White House to continue implementing the landmark legislation for now. But U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson failed to dispel widespread uncertainty …

Repeal of Healthcare Law 1099 Tax Requirement Passes House Committee

The House Ways and Means Committee has advanced a bill to repeal a tax reporting provision included in last year’s healthcare reform law. The Senate has already voted to repeal the 1099 form tax provision that would require businesses to …

The Uneasy Ties of Americans and Their Government

Back when the big health care law was little more than a dream, a prominent figure spoke out against the idea of forcing people to get health insurance. He said that would be like solving homelessness by passing a law …

Senate Democrats Block Repeal of Healthcare Law

President Barack Obama’s fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a Republican bid Wednesday to repeal his healthcare overhaul, likely leaving the fate of the year-old law up to the federal courts. The Senate rejected the attempted repeal on a …

Senate Votes to Rescind IRS 1099 Healthcare Reporting Measure

The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to rescind a measure in last year’s healthcare law that expands business transaction reporting requirements to the Internal Revenue Service. Bowing to pressure from small business groups who say the new reporting requirements will …